The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 27, 2059
Waning Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1692
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 279.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 25.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.29° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.20° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.